Giuseppe Penone — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Foglie, 2014

Typographic ink, pigment and adhesive tape on paper

Leaves of Grass, 2013

Oil on canvas, terracotta, wire

Serpentine Galleries · Artsy

A occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes), 2025

£2,400

Fine art inkjet print and silkscreen print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308

Avvolgere la terra (To Enfold the Earth), 2014

Aluminium, terracotta

Terre (Earth), 2015

Terracotta, iron

Nel legno, 2008

Larch wood

Corteccia, 1986

Terracotta, enamel and oil colour

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$2.0K – $180K

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$28.6K

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$12.7K

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Jan 2026 · $2.3K

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Works on paper: $12.7K medianPaintings: $108K medianSculpture/objects: $97.9K medianPhotographs: $41.9K medianUnclassified lots: $31.6K medianBooks/portfolios: $6.1K medianEditioned prints: $6.1K medianEditioned photos: $40.6K median

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#53 Cardi Gallery

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Prizes & Awards2

Praemium Imperiale

Winner 2014

Turner Prize

Shortlisted 1989

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Biennial Selections1

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2012 · documenta (13) · curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

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Publications6

Monograph 2

Giuseppe Penone

Rizzoli · 2019

Giuseppe Penone - Spazio Di Luce Author

Thames & Hudson · 2012

Group Catalog 3

La Magie des Arbres

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Magie der Bäume

Hatje Cantz · 1998

The Magic of Trees

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Artist Book 1

Giuseppe Penone Author

Skira · 2025

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Current Exhibitions2

#6,689 KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst

Iliggocene–The Age of Dizziness

Amanda Beech, Dominique Savitri Bonarjee, Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, Davide Deriu, Tim Etchells, Christian Falsnaes, Cao Fei, Julia Fiedorczuk, Dani Gal, María Auxiliadora Gálvez Pérez, William Gibson, Alexandra Grant, Eiko Grimberg, Anna Kim, Jack Halberstam, Daniel Meir, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Warren Neidich, João Onofre, Ana Prvački, Lucy Railton, Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, John Smith, Liv Schulman, Stefanie Schwarz, Dirk Wachowiak, Alexander Stahn, Marcus Steinweg, Dimitri Venkov, Catherine Yass, Ruth Anderwald, Leonhard Grond, a.o., Peggy Atherton, David Claerbout, Nick Crowe, Ian Rawlinson, Tacita Dean, Folke Köbberling, Giuseppe Penone, Pope.L, Nika Radić, Jessica Segall, Uýra Sodoma, Zheng Bo

Am Sudhaus 3, 12053 Berlin, Germany

Mar 22, 2026 — Jun 20, 2026

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Giuseppe Penone The Reflection of Bronze Curated by Adam D. Weinberg

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 22, 2026 — Jul 2, 2026

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Recent News20

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Francesco Stocchi is no longer the artistic director of the MAXXI Museum in Rome. After 3 years, his mandate was not renewed

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The Château de Boutemont: An Architectural Gem to Discover in Normandy

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The 90 Years of Legendary Italian Artist Giorgio Griffa. All the Exhibitions Celebrating the Master's Birthday

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From Agnès Varda to Giuseppe Penone, the strange passion of artists for potatoes deciphered in Aubenas

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In Giuseppe Penone’s Sculptures, Humankind and Nature Are One

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For Italy’s Art Pioneer, a New Bronze Age

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Past Exhibitions15

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#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

Giuseppe Penone envelopper la Terre

Giuseppe Penone

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

Oct 16, 2024 — Dec 21, 2024

Giuseppe Penone Hands - Earth - Light - Colors

#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

Giuseppe Penone

385 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, United States

May 3, 2024 — Jun 29, 2024

Giuseppe Penone: Impronte di luce / Empreintes de lumière

#1 Gagosian

Giuseppe Penone

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Oct 17, 2023 — Dec 22, 2023

INDISTINTI CONFINI – NOCE, GIUSEPPE PENONE

Centre Pompidou-Metz

Giuseppe Penone

1 Parv. des Droits de l'Homme CS 90490, 57000 Metz, France

Jan 1, 2020

GIUSEPPE PENONE — Friday, 12 June 2020

Giuseppe Penone A Question of Identity

#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

Giuseppe Penone

385 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, United States

Nov 14, 2017 — Dec 22, 2017

Fui, Sarò, Non sono (I was, I will be, I am not)

#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

Giuseppe Penone

Lower John Street, Golden Square, London W1F 9DY, United Kingdom

Sep 8, 2016 — Oct 22, 2016

Giuseppe Penone · Breath is a Sculpture

#6,548 Beirut Art Centre

Giuseppe Penone

Beirut, Lebanon

Sep 16, 2014 — Nov 29, 2014

#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

Le Corps d’un jardin

Giuseppe Penone

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

May 25, 2013 — Jun 22, 2013

Giuseppe Penone Avvolgere la terra

#10 Marian Goodman Gallery

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

May 4, 2012 — Jun 16, 2012

#132 Buchmann Galerie

Giuseppe Penone

Charlottenstraße 13, 10969 Berlin, Germany

May 1, 2009 — Jun 27, 2009

#131 Frith Street Gallery

Giuseppe Penone

17-18 Golden Square, London W1F 9JJ, United Kingdom

Sep 12, 2008 — Oct 30, 2008

Giuseppe Penone: The Imprint of Drawing

#2,391 MK Gallery

Giuseppe Penone

900 Midsummer Blvd

Mar 27, 2004 — May 9, 2004

70er Jahre aus der Sammlung

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Alighiero e Boetti, Gilberto Zorio, Giuseppe Penone, Luciano Fabro, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mario Merz, Michael Buthe, Balthasar Burkhard, Markus Raetz

Jan 1, 2001

05.05.09.09.2001 70er Jahre aus der Sammlung